Dr Kelly Bright, who led the research at the University of Arizona said that carvacrol could potentially be used as a food sanitizer and possibly as a surface sanitizer, particularly in conjunction with other antimicrobials as it has a unique way of attacking the virus, which makes it an interesting prospect.

current blockade and independence on changes in passive electrophysiological parameters shown by estragole were found for other terpenes and terpenoids like thymol (29), linalool (21), eugenol (19,20), carvacrol (17), and menthol (30).

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